Lawyers for Donald Trump filed a petition with the US Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking to overturn the $83.3 million (£65 million) defamation judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll. The case stems from remarks Trump made about Carroll, a former magazine columnist who accused him of sexual assault, and the substantial award has drawn wide attention as one of the largest personal defamation verdicts against a sitting or former US president.

The filing marks the latest stage in Trump's long-running legal effort to have the judgment quashed, following earlier unsuccessful appeals. Details of the specific grounds cited in the new Supreme Court petition were not fully outlined in the available report, though it confirms the case was brought by Carroll and that the $83.3 million figure remains the sum in dispute.